EP 0715717 B1 20020320 - ECCENTRIC ROTATING PROBE FOR INSPECTING TUBES AND THE LIKE
Title (en)
ECCENTRIC ROTATING PROBE FOR INSPECTING TUBES AND THE LIKE
Title (de)
EXZENTRISCHE ROTIERENDE SONDE ZUM PRÜFEN VON RÖHRE UND DERGLEICHEN
Title (fr)
SONDE ROTATIVE EXCENTRIQUE POUR L'INSPECTION DE TUYAUX OU ANALOGUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- CA 9400430 W 19940810
- US 11079193 A 19930823
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9506245A1] A probe used for inspecting tubes or pipes comprises an elongated flexible shaft, a plurality of axially spaced guides on the shaft, the guides being engageable with the inner surface of a tube for maintaining the shaft substantially concentrically disposed within the tube, and a housing for a sensing element, the housing being secured to the shaft for rotation therewith and disposed between a pair of the guides, the housing having a tube contact area for engagement with the inner surface of the tube. The sum of the radial displacement of the contact area from the axis of the shaft of each of the housing and guides is greater than the inner diameter of the tube so as to cause the shaft to urge the housing and the pair of guides in radially opposed directions.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G01B 7/28 (2006.01); G01N 27/90 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G01B 7/281 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 27/902 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
FR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9506245 A1 19950302; CA 2162390 A1 19950302; CA 2162390 C 20040803; EP 0715717 A1 19960612; EP 0715717 B1 20020320; JP 3499560 B2 20040223; JP H09504364 A 19970428; US 5453688 A 19950926
DOCDB simple family (application)
CA 9400430 W 19940810; CA 2162390 A 19940810; EP 94923624 A 19940810; JP 50724595 A 19940810; US 11079193 A 19930823